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I sometimes think novelists write about sex in order to avoid boring themselves to death.

Walker Percy

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Walker Percy
Age: 73 †
Born: 1916
Born: May 28
Died: 1990
Died: May 10
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Novelist
Philosopher
Physician
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Birmingham
Alabama
Sex
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Novelists
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Thinking
Boring

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